June 21, 2019

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Top News

• House Moves Forward With Spending Bills as Congress Grapples With Looming Fiscal Deadlines. New York Times
• Roy Moore to Make Second Senate Bid in Alabama. Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s empty Cabinet. Politico
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• PG&E Reaches $1 Billion Settlement With Paradise, California Governments. Wall Street Journal
• With More Storms and Rising Seas, Which U.S. Cities Should Be Saved First? New York Times
• Can America’s Biggest Ports Go Green? Governing
• EPA, California Clash Over Breakdown in Fuel Efficiency Standard Talks. Route Fifty

Indian Affairs

• Schrader Calls For BIE Director Replacement Over Chemawa Problems. Oregon Public Broadcasting
• California governor Gavin Newsom calls Native American treatment genocide. Associated Press
• Senators press feds on commitment to Native American safety. Associated Press

Labor

• America has never gone this long without hiking the federal minimum wage. Washington Post
• Trump’s New Wage Official Revokes Aides’ Enforcement Power. Bloomberg Law
• GM Plots Temp-Worker Push With Union Still Seething Over Doomed Plants. Bloomberg

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump Expected to Formally Nominate Army’s Esper as New Defense Secretary. Wall Street Journal
• Trump Stopped Strike on Iran Because It Was ‘Not Proportionate.’ New York Times
• Will ‘opportunity zone’ tax breaks help low-income communities? PBS Newshour
• Short-line tax credit advances in House, picks up 50th cosponsor in Senate. Progressive Railroading

Technology

• The Car Engine of Tomorrow: Cleaner, Lighter, With One Moving Part. Wall Street Journal
• Uber plans to start delivering fast food via drone this summer. Washington Post
• Facebook’s Libra Is Already Hitting Turbulence. Wired
• To Take Down Big Tech, They First Need to Reinvent the Law. New York Times

Transportation & Infrastructure

• FRA issues proposed rule for passenger rail safety, risk-reduction systems. Progressive Railroading
• FHWA Announces Funding Opportunity for Transportation Technology Grants. Transport Topics
• Trump states and rural areas grab bigger chunk of transportation grant funds. McClatchy
• Updated Infrastructure Will Lead to Less Traffic Fatalities. For Construction Pros